Concise Minutes - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3

Meeting date: Thursday, 15 December 2022

Meeting time: 10.15 - 12.27
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13293

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Mark Isherwood MS (Chair)

Mabon ap Gwynfor MS

Natasha Asghar MS

Mike Hedges MS

Witnesses:

William Shawcross, Commissioner for Public Appointments

Audit Wales:

Adrian Crompton (Auditor General for Wales)

Matthew Mortlock

Committee Staff:

Fay Bowen (Clerk)

Owain Davies (Second Clerk)

Rhun Davies (Researcher)

Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1        The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee: Annual scrutiny of the Wales Audit Office and the Auditor General for Wales

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2.2   Letter from the Minister for Social Justice - Update on the Welsh Government's Progress in Implementing recommendations from the Public Accounts Committee (5th Senedd) report on 'Delivering for Future Generations: The story so far'

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2.3   Letter from the Senedd Commissioner for Budget and Governance to the Chair of the Finance Committee

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2.4   Letter from the Minister for Finance and Government - Response to the Committee's Report on the Welsh Government's LCM on the Procurement Bill

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2.5   Letter from the Interim Director General - Education, Social Justice and Welsh Language to the Auditor General for Wales: Response to the AGW's report on Equality Impact Assessments - 26 October 2022

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2.6   Letter from the Interim Director General - Education, Social Justice and Welsh Language to the Auditor General for Wales: Response to the AGW's report on Equality Impact Assessments - 7 December 2022

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3       Public Appointments: Evidence session with the Public Appointments Commissioner

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Public Appointments Commissioner, William Shawcross.

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5       Public Appointments: Evidence Session - Consideration of the evidence received

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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6       Paper to note - Letter from the Permanent Secretary on the Welsh Government's Public Bodies Unit

6.1 The paper was noted.

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